Sidney Cooks, Caterrion Thompson offering leadership for Nikki McCray-Penson, Mississippi State women’s basketball in uncertain year
The Michigan State and Bowling Green transfers should provide stability for the Bulldogs while a contingent of freshmen will offer upside.
Ole Miss women struggle against No. 1 South Carolina
The Rebels didn’t score until their 31st possession of the game, late in the second quarter. They had two points in the first half and faced a 32-2 halftime deficit.
Autumn Taylor, My’Neka Frazier record double-doubles as MUW women beat Tougaloo College
Taylor had 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Frazier had 16 points and 14 rebounds.
Analysis: 6 women have held statewide office in Mississippi
Republican Lynn Fitch will be sworn in as Mississippi’s new attorney general Thursday, becoming the first woman in that job.
GOP exploring reasons for gender disparity in new Congress
For congressional Republicans, this month’s elections ushered in the year of the woman — literally.
More women than ever run for Senate, but hurdles remain
Women running for office are due to hit another threshold with a record number of candidates for the U.S. Senate, but actually winning those seats and changing the face of the chamber are a different matter.
Home Base: Thanks for the memories
Notre Dame is a second-half team. Everyone knew that, and the Irish’s late comebacks had already become things of legend in this year’s NCAA Tournament.
Buzzer beater denies Mississippi State national title
Arike Ogunbowale will forever be associated with the words one more.
After the Mississippi State women’s basketball team waited nearly a year to make one more play and win one more game, Ogunbowale delivered one more play to end that dream.
GOP women chafe at Trump’s mixed signals on abuse charges
The Trump White House’s handling of abuse charges against men in its midst is frustrating prominent Republican women as the party’s yearslong struggle to attract female voters stretches into the 2018 midterm elections.
Slimantics: Bulldogs have their ‘Finland’ moment
In the 1980 Winter Olympics, Team USA hockey defeated Finland to win the gold medal, but that is not the game everyone remembers.
Toughness tells tale for Bulldogs’ redemption
Vic Schaefer reared back and raised his leg for added emphasis. The fist pump that followed exorcised five years of frustration.
New TV ad shows Marines looking for a few good women
A Marine in full combat gear moves through dark, frigid water, gripping an M-16 rifle, before plunging under barbed wire and through a submerged drainage pipe.
Women’s health services face cuts in proposed Republican bill
Women seeking abortions and some basic health services, including prenatal care, contraception and cancer screenings, would face restrictions and struggle to pay for some of that medical care under the House Republicans’ proposed bill.
Repeal of health law could mean women pay more for less
From a return to higher premiums based on gender, to gaps in coverage for birth control and breast pumps, experts say women could end up paying more for less if the Obama-era health care law is repealed.
Concussions on the brain: Pushing for more research on women
Katherine Snedaker says she has had 20 concussions, the first three decades ago from a car accident when she was 16.
Area women shed negativity in cotton field photo shoot
Clad only in a black tank top and underwear, 33-year-old Julie Davis walked across an East Columbus cotton field holding a piece of paper.
Mortyakova’s new CD celebrates women composers
A new CD by Dr. Julia Mortyakova, chair of the Department of Music at Mississippi University for Women, celebrates some famous women composers who have influenced the pianist.
First woman president: How great a milestone? Women differ
On the day Cheryl Lawson Walker graduated from college, she hadn’t thought much about the future, and the obstacles she might face as a woman.
As NOW turns 50, feminists hail gains but ‘battle goes on’
Fifty years ago, when a small group of activists founded the National Organization for Women, the immediate issue that motivated them was sex discrimination in employment.
Female CEOs see pay rise, but numbers remain small
For the second year in a row, female CEOs earned more than their male counterparts and received bigger raises. But only a small sliver of the largest companies are run by women, and experts say gender parity at the top remains way off.